I met our guest, tennis champion Maria Sharapova, early this year, right before she got suspended from playing her favorite sport.
She and her coach Sven are fans of the show and we connected immediately when we met up in person.
Since then, Maria and I have become good friends and I have watched her handle the biggest challenge of her career – being wrongfully suspended – for eight months.
Not only has she handled this challenge with grace and positivity, she has spent her time off the courts making herself even better.
Since she just found out her suspension is off (she can play next season), we finally got to sit down to record an interview for the podcast.
I love Maria Sharapova , She inspire me
Everybody wants happiness, nobody wants pain. But you can’t have a rainbow without a little rain.
It’s not what happens to you that matters. It’s how you respond to what happens to you that makes a difference.”- Zig Ziglar
Dear God,
I get it. You think I’m Superwoman – thanks. Can you now please test my abilities to do good with a million dollars?
That’s actually a quote inspired from the Bible; God does not give us more that we can handle: “No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.” 1 Corinthians 10:13
Aaand ‘you were given this life because you’re strong enough to live it’. U0001f60c
False.
False.
no; but: “That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.”
Couldn’t agree more! Great breakdown definitely leading me to listen U0001f3afU0001f44aU0001f44f
I agree too, however some AFRAiD people might missed the main point here.. JUST Showing up is the first step 95 to start the new life process..
Simple, clear, revealing. Remarkable connect between Lewis & Maria & with her class coach, Seven. Full of wonderful vignettes delivered with inspiring forthrightness !
i agree Maria Sharapova just showing up isn’t enough!
Great interview! She’s definitely a rockstar off and on the court.
Great interview- I’ll be honest and say that I was about to delete Lewis from my list of podcasts, felt some previous interviews were lacking, this one was top notch
This mindset is applicable to every single area of your life! Great stuff
yes madame ur a champion on and off court
I have listened it and I did learn a lot from her and got so much respect for Maria!
Thanks Lewis to make it happen!
Freakin loved this episode. What an amazing woman. What strength. And what a go-getter. Thanks Maria and thanks Lewis.
Thanks Lewis! People do not realize the amount of work that goes into their people’s success. People always talk about how people are just super talented. I think its 95% pure hustle and an extremely consistent work ethic and about 5% is talent. Yeah, it helps if you are really tall or have “good genetics” but there are literally millions of people that are not tall or have good genes but just work harder than everyone else. It is truly inspiring Maria’s story and how much harder she works than everyone else.